The Miami Marlins set a record for doing a lot of bad things while winning a baseball game

The Miami Marlins haven’t had much to play for in recent months. From the start they were far from being able to compete in the playoffs, but they struggled badly, as evidenced by their 100 losses this year. But the opportunity to play spoilsport can breathe life into a team and crazy things can happen. Just like they did on Thursday night in Minneapolis, when the Marlins blew a four-run lead, did a lot of other things that usually prove fatal to the goal of winning, and…still finished with an 8-6 Victory in 13 innings The Twins are on the verge of elimination.

In addition to coughing up a nice cushion, the Marlins struck out 20 times, stranded 15 runners on base, didn’t hit a longball and committed two errors. Playing nearly a quarter of a million games, no team in the history of baseball has ever endured and won so much.

It’s probably not a night that Marlins fans will particularly remember. Twins fans, on the other hand, will rue the night — and so many other nights later — when they failed to capitalize and stop their team from taking on more water. As of this morning, their chances of reaching the postseason have dropped to about 4 percent. But as we were reminded again Thursday night, anything is possible in baseball.